Hat-pin



No. 609,06l. Patented Aug. l6, I898. M. J. WAYMACK.

HAT PIN.

(Applic ation filed Oct. 26, 1897.)

(No Model.)

llnrrnn SrArns MARTHA JANE \VAYMAOK, OF MANCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

HAT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,061, dated August16, 1898.

Application filed October 26,1897. Serial No. 656,449. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTHA JANE WVAY- MACK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Manchester, in the county of Ohesterfield and Stateof Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin to the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of my invention is the production of a hat-pin which shall beprovided with detachable means for application to the point thereofafter the pin has been adjusted in position and serve as a protector andornament.

As is well known, the unprotected point of the projecting pin is anobject of danger to the wearer, as well'as to other persons. It also inuse engages the meshes of a veil when worn and dilacerates it.

With the above-mentioned object in view my invention consists in anornamental protector provided with a tube and yielding material-such asrubber, cork, or the like-both located within a hole in the body of theprotector, the rubber adapted to receive the point of a pin, and anelastic or non-elastic cord having one end thereof located and heldwithin the hole in the protector. im lt further consists in certainnovelties of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter setforth.

Figure 1 is a view of a hat-pin with a protector applied to the endthereof. Fig. 2 is a view in section of the protector illustrated inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is amodified form of protector in which the tube projectssome distance from the body of the protector and in which the cord ispassed through a hole in the tube. Fig. 4 is another modification inwhich the tube is threaded and slotted and is adapted to be adjustedagainst the piece of rubber in a hole below the tube.

A is the head of an ordinary hat-pin, which may be of any desirableshape; B, the pin proper; 0, an ornamental protector; D, a

tube permanently fixed within a hole made in the protector; E, rubber orcork or the like inserted within the tube or hole and held in place byfrictional contact or by glue or other means; F, an elastic ornon-elastic cord or chain; F, a band on the pin provided with an eye forthe attachment of one end of the cord, and G a knot on the other end ofthe cord which is confined within the hole made in the body of theprotector, as shown.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the end of the knotted cord is insertedwithin the hole and held in place by the rubber. In Fig. 4a groove H isformed in the edge of the hole in the protector to receive the cord.Here the construction is slightly modified, the tube being threaded andtapered and provided with a slot I for a part of its length, so that thepassage for the point of the pin can be reduced in diameter by revolvingthe tube inwardly upon the rubber E.

I wish it understood that various minor modifications and changes ofconstruction may be introduced in the practical embodiment of myinvention without constituting a substantial departure therefrom. Forinstance, the external shape of the protector may be changed as desired,the tube D made of any convenient length, the cord inserted and held asshown in Figs. 3 and 4, and rub 8o ber, cork, or other suitablematerialbe selected to receive the point of the pin.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to secure byLetters Patent is An ornamental protector for a hat-pin consisting of asuitably-fashioned body 0 having a hole therein extending part waythrough the body only; yielding material E seated within the hole andadapted to be penetrated by the point of the pin; a tube also seated 9owithin the hole; and a cord with one end held in place within the holeby the yielding material and the other end attached to the pin; insubstance as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 5 in presence of twowitnesses.

MARTHA JANE WAYMAOK. Witnesses:

Mrs. W. D. ANDERSON,

Mrs. G. F. AnAns.

